At St. David's asylum for the criminally insane there are twelve residents. They call us that. Not inmates. We all have a favourite colour. A favourite member of staff. A favourite method of receiving torture for the purposes of science. We all have our reasons for being here. Our stories. Our tales. Why don't you come and hear them?

Twelve Mad Men is a groundbreaking literary collaboration. A novel which has a series of stories woven into the narrative, and featuring the finest independent authors from across the globe. Ryan Bracha, voices the narrator as he embarks upon his first shift as a night guard at St. David's, and as he meets the residents there, it soon becomes apparent that there's something very wrong in the water...

The phenomenally talented writers involved in this innovative and ambitious project are:Paul D Brazill (Guns of Brixton, A Case of Noir)Gerard Brennan (Fireproof, Wee Rockets)Les Edgerton (The Bitch, The Rapist)Craig Furchtenicht (Dimebag Bandits, Night Speed Zero)Richard Godwin (Mr Glamour, One Lost Summer, Apostle Rising)Allen Miles (18 Days, This is How You Disappear)Keith Nixon (The Fix, The Eagle's Shadow)Darren Sant (Tales From The Longcroft, The Bank Manager and The Bum)Gareth Spark (Black Rain, Shotgun Honey)Martin Stanley (The Gamblers, The Hunters)Mark Wilson (dEaDINBURGH, Head Boy)

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You find yourself on the wrong side of town. It's late and your only option is to walk down a narrow pitch-black alley. Your heart is pounding. You're sure that you can hear footsteps, but there's no one in sight. The sound of soft feet approaching, is getting ever closer. You start to break into a jog. There's a light at the end of the alley but suddenly a figure steps from the shadows. He is smartly dressed and smiling and yet you have a bad feeling about this. He reaches into his pocket...

Rogue the second anthology from the Near to the Knuckle website brings you a whole host of talent all bringing you their best stories featuring Rogue's.